Melanie Bridgen > Nelsons Solicitors Limited > Derby, England > Lawyer Profile
Nelsons Solicitors Limited Offices
STERNE HOUSE
LODGE LANE
DERBY
DE1 3WD
England
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Melanie Bridgen
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Partner & Solicitor. Melanie acts in complex family law cases including divorce, child arrangements orders, international relocation, child abduction, domestic abuse, parental alienation, care proceedings, adoption placement breakdown, deprivation of liberty and habitual residence jurisdiction.
Career
Previously Prtner at Smith Partnership; partner Nelsons 2013.
Memberships
- Children Panel Accredited specialist
- Law Society Family Law Panel (Advanced) – Accredited Specialist in both Children Law Private and Advice in and Conduct of Ancillary Relief Proceedings
- Resolution Accredited Specialist (Domestic Violence)
- Member of Resolution (formerly Solicitors Family Law Association)
- Member of Derby & District Law Society Family Committee
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)The ‘superb family law team’ at Nelsons Solicitors Limited is led by Emma Davies in Nottingham, Melanie Bridgen in Derby and Lisa-Marie Leanders in Leicester. The firm stands outs for its specialist expertise in international children law, surrogacy, deprivation of liberty, unravelling trusts, and international disputes over children, assets and jurisdiction. Bridgen is known for her work with children proceedings and domestic abuse, while Leanders is experienced handling high net worth financial cases, often involving complicated financial structures, trusts and inherited assets. Divorce specialist Davies, together with Gareth Protheroe and Gayle Rowley have a very good reputation in Children law and care proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery